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First of all, for the purposes of this thread, assume that the Mongol conquest of Europe was inevitable. I'm not really concerned with the feasibility of a Mongol conquest (and from what I've read it was pretty much blind luck that saved Europe anyhow), so for these purposes assume that it already happened.
So, with that in mind, I have a few questions for any of the Board's resident Mongol experts:
So the question is, how would the administration of this huge new Western territory happen?
How long would it last?
Would it be likely that there would be revolts?
Would the Mongol rule be fairly light-handed and tolerable, or a cavalcade of nightmarish horrors?
When the Empire eventually broke up into separate khanates, is it likely that their European vassals would form their own European khanate, or would they throw out their Mongol rulers entirely?
What kind of effect would the enhanced trade the Mongols would introduce (Only one middle-man to go through for East Asian goods) have on commerce?
How would Europe be affected by demographic and religious changes?